Switch-stand.



. l "*PATENTBD MAY 28, 1907. P. w. sNow& w. o. KIDD.

`SWITCH STAND.

APPLICATION-TEILE!) 113.23, 1907.

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W0- 85511767. PATENTBD MAY 2s, 1907.

P. W. SNOW a; W; c. RIDD. SWITCH STAND.

.APVLIUATION FILED TBB. 23, 1907.

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Unirse eiiarjnls enen wILLIAu sNow, or nILLBUIiN, AanwILLIAM cnn-LES inni), or'

AParral@ onirica SUFFERN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORS TO STANDARD EQUIPMENT OOM- PANY, OF MAHNAH, NEX/V JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

Patented May 28, 1907- Applimion aua rami@ z3, Iscr. serai No. isaozo.`

To-ILZ wh/om it ni ty concern:

' Be it known that/we, FnnnWrLLn-n/ SNow, of Hillburn, inthe county oi Rockland and l Stateof New York, and WILLIAMl CHARLES KIDD, of Suflern, in said county and State,

have invented `certain new vand useful lmprovements in Switch-Stands, of which the ollowing isa specilication, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming 'to a part hereof.

It is oit-en desirable, in railroad construction, to. place 'a switch stand between two t'ic'ks which are laid'so closelytogether as to render it impossible, ory at least dangerous, to

1.' 5 employ a switch stand of ordinary construe; ticn for-this purpose. lt is obvious that a switch stand, tooccu y such a position, Inust be relatively sIna Y and` compact,low

enough vand narrow enough to permit trains eq to pass by safely on either side. In the case of automatic'switch stands, vwhere it .is necessary to provide means ior manually throwing the switch independent of what may he referred to as the' automatic means, it is cus- "fz ternary to' provide a high stand, which is un' suited to a location such as referred'to.

It Is theobject of this invention to provide an automatic switch stand which, shall be adapted to be'ernployedin any locationv where compactness of structure is a desideratuni. lt will be understood however, that no limitations in respect to thevuse of-'the pres- .ent stand are implied, but that the present invention maybe made use of wherever an '35 automatic switch standis desired.

lIn the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a view in front elevation of as'tand embody? i'rg the invention. Fig. 2 is'a similar view, partly 1n section, broken away to show a porlio tion of 4khe interior' of the stand Fig. 3 is a plan view with the cover ofthe gear box rel moved, and, ,.Fig. 4 is a sectional view ,tlirough' theinain shafft of the stand, with the latter, .as well as the target spindle in elevaj'g' tion. Y y l The vertical target spindle @may 'be' pro-` vided as usual upon its lower end with suitable means l) for operative connection with the switch to be moved. The switch itself 5o, andthe adjacent track are not illustrated, as

the Invention and its relation thereto vbe l understood without such illustration.

ystand is located beside -the track with its of the track or in other words, with its longer dimension parallel' to the track. The target spindle is operatively connected with the niain 'shaft c through niiter gears d and e which are mounted upon squared portions of the target spindle and the ina-in shaft respec tively: '1 Up on the main shaft, which it 'will be -fcted is horizontal, is a sleeve provided with leur recesses g in its periphery. I with this sleeve and its recesses, rollers 7L mounted in frames t are provided and are held against theslee've inlopposite recesses byvsprings lc suitably housed in the stand. This' sleeveand the rollers and springs constitute resisting Ineans which oppose any movement of thev 4switch troni either of its turned or resting positions. lt will be understood that in automatic switches different forms o1" resisting nieans are employed and, while it ispreferable in the present stand to employ vthe particular resisting Ineans just described, the invention is not necessarily limited thereto.

shaft c but'is normally arranged so as to turn with said shaft whereby, when a passing train moves the switch by the engagement ol the flanges upon the wheels of the cars with the switch tongue in the usual'rnanner, the switch will be thrown or moved against the resistance or opposition of the resisting means. lIn the present case,I this connection between the shaft c and the sleeve is made through a handle Z pivoted upon 'the shaft c and by Ineans of which'the switchcan be thrown manually. This handle is mounted to swing in a vertical plane and engages the sleeve by being normally held in one of two recesses or grooves m in the end face of the Thus the `yardrnan or trainman may, by pulling the handle free of its engaging recess in the sleeve f, disen age the shaft c from said sleeve f,.thus enabling hiInlto turn the shaft and nieve the switch from one position to another without opposition or interference fronI the-resisting means.-

l The handle Zisfatall times, as will. be ob'- vious in a plane parallel to the track or tracks when the stand is in position. Thus vthe handle does notoccupysuch a pdsitionnas longer dimension extending In the direction The sleeve f is mountedfreely upon the sleeve by soine such means ,as a spring ln connection IOO IGS.

would interfere with the passing of trains when the stand is set up between closely adjacent tracks. Moreover, the present inveni tion vprovides a compact and convenient 5 stand not alone for use between tracks under the conditions referred to but also for use in any location.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a/switchstand, the combination of fr means toconnect a switch thereto, means to resist the moving lever adapted to swing parallel with the adjacent rails and so related tothe resisting means as to be capable of moving the switch I Without interference from theresisting means. 2. In a switch stand, the combination with means .to connect a switchtheretdmeans to resist the moving of the switch, and a hand lever to move the switch permanently-sup- 2O ported in a substantially vertical plane and adapted to be connected with and disconnectedfrom the resisting means.

3. In a switch stand, the combination of a horizontal shaft, a resisting'sleeve thereon, and a hand lever'on said'v shaft adaptedto move in a vertical plane and to be connected with and disconnected from said' sleeve.

4. In a switch stand, the combination with means to connect a switch thereto, meansto resist the moving of the switch including a member normally adapted to turn as the vswitch moves and rollers held yieldingly against said member on opposite sides thereof, and means -to move the switch independently of said member.

5. In a switch stand, the combination of a shaft, means to connect the shaft with a switch, a member free to turn on said shaft, means on opposite sides of said member to resist its-turning,

shaft normally connecting said shaft and member so that saidshaft and member shall turn' together but separable from said member'whereby the shaft may be turned and s'aid 'member held stationary by the resisting means.

6. In a switch stand, the combination of'a shaft, means to connect the shaft with a switch, a member'free to turn upon said shaft,

5 0 spring pressed rollers on opposite sides of saidmember to resist its turning,j and means toiturn said shaftV normally connecting said shaft and member so that said shaft and member shall turn together but separable from said member whereby the shaft may be turned while said member is held `'stationary by the rollers.

7. 'In a switch stand, the combination of a 1 shaft, means to connect the shaft to a switch,

0 a sleeve free to turn upon saidshaft and having four recesses, a spring pressed roller on eachsideofsaid'shaft engaging a recess, and

means to turn said shaft lwithout turning the sleeve,

Yand means to turn saidof the switch, and a handshaft, means moving of the switch, an

sewer 8. In a switch stand, the combination of a shaft, means to connect the shaft with a switch, means to rotate the shaft, and means to resist its rotation, said last two means be ing normally in engagement but being separable from each other, whereby the switch is normally held by the resisting means in its turned position but may be freely moved by hand when desired. i

9. In a switch stand, the combination of a to connectu the shaft with a to rotate the shaft, a sleeve on switch, means resisting means engaging the the shaft, and

sleeve, the sleeve and rotating means beingv normally in engagement whereby the sleeve is made to rotate Vwith the shaft but being separable from eachother so that the switch may be moved by hand when desired.

10. rIn a switch stand, the combination of a shaft, means to connectthe shaft '-.vith a switch, a handle pivoted to the shaft, a sleeve around the shaft, and means to resist the rotation of the sleeve, the gagmg the sleeve but separable therefrom.

1l. In a switch stand, the combination of a shaft, means to connect the shaft with a switch, a handle pivoted to the shaft, a sleeve around the shaft having four recesses in its periphery and two groovesin its end face, and means engaging the recesses toresist the rotation of the sleeve, the handle normally engaging in one of the grooves. y

12. In a switch stand, the combination of a shaft, means to connect theshaft with a switch, a handle around theshaft having four recesses in its peripheryvand two grooves in its end face,

handle normally en,

pivoted to the shaft, a sleeve and spring pressed rollers on opposite sides of the vsleeve engaging 4in opposite recesses therein to resist the rotation of the sleeve, the handle normally engaging in one ofthe grooves. A

13. I n a switch stand, the means to connect a switch thereto, means to resist the moving of the switch, and manually operated means adapted tomove in a plane substantially parallel to the track to move the switch 'without interference from the resisting means.y

14. In a switch stand, the combination with means to connect a switch thereto, automatically operated means to resist the manually'operated means adapted to move in the plane substantially parallel to the track without interference from the automatically operated means.

This specification signed and i witnessedl this 20th day of February, A. D. 1907,

FRED WILLIAM SNOW. Y. WILLIAM' CHARLES KIDD.

Signed inthe presence of# Erna; M. T-Afrn, Lumen A. Fuz'.

combination of' to move the switch f 

